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  • LAND OF BLACK GOLD
    LAND OF BLACK GOLD
    HERGÉ
    Herg?'s classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most iconic characters in children's books. These highly collectible editions of the original 24 adventures will delight Tintin fans old and new. Perfect for lovers of graphic novels, mysteries and historical adventures. The world's most famous travelling reporter sets out for the Middle East in his latest adventure. Boom...
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  • KING RAT
    KING RAT
    JAMES CLAVELL
    In Changi, the most notorious prisoner of war camp in Asia, only one man in fifteen had the strength, the luck and the cleverness to survive. Food was scarce and the conditions intolerable but there were ways to ease the suffering if you knew the right man. King was that man, but he had his price and in a camp notorious for cruelty, injustice and corruption, he was hated above ...
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    13,75 €

  • THE SHOWMAN
    THE SHOWMAN
    SIMON SHUSTER
    'This book offers a front row seat to history as it is being made' ANNE APPLEBAUM This is the Zelensky book we've been waiting for' CATHERINE BELTON WRITTEN WITH UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS, THIS IS THE FIRST INSIDE, INTIMATE ACCOUNT OF THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PRESIDENT ZELENSKY AND HIS TEAM. Based on four years of reporting; extensive travels wi...
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  • MARY ANNE SAVES THE DAY
    MARY ANNE SAVES THE DAY
    RAINA TELGEMEIER
    "When a terrible fight breaks out among the four Babysitters Club friends, Mary Anne is left to her own devices. She has to sit by herself at lunch, make new friends, and deal with her overprotective father without advice from the BSC gang. But the worst part is when she faces a terrible baby-sitting predicament, and she can't find any help. Luckily, Mary Anne rises to the occa...
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  • CROOKED KINGDOM
    CROOKED KINGDOM
    LEIGH BARDUGO
    After pulling off a seemingly impossible heist in the notorious Ice Court, criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker feels unstoppable. But life is about to take a dangerous turn - and with friends who are among the deadliest outcasts in Ketterdam city, Kaz is going to need more than luck to survive in this unforgiving underworld. ...
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  • OUR MISSING HEARTS
    OUR MISSING HEARTS
    CELESTE NG
    From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, a deeply heart-wrenching novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child in a society consumed by fear.Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard's library. He knows not to ask too many questions, stand out too mu...
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  • BLACKWATER II: THE LEVEE
    BLACKWATER II: THE LEVEE
    MICHAEL MCDOWELL
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  • WE
    WE
    YEVGENY ZAMYATIN
    The exhilarating dystopian novel that inspired George Orwell's 1984 and foreshadowed the worst excesses of Soviet Russia, featuring a foreword by the National Book Award-winning New Yorker journalist Masha GessenYevgeny Zamyatin's We is a powerfully inventive vision that has influenced writers from George Orwell to Ayn Rand. In a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, ...
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  • SPAIN IN OUR HEARTS
    SPAIN IN OUR HEARTS
    ADAM HOCHSCHILD
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  • PARADISE
    PARADISE
    ABDULRAZAK GURNAH
    Born in East Africa, Yusuf has few qualms about the journey he is to make. It never occurs to him to ask why he is accompanying Uncle Aziz or why the trip has been organised so suddenly, and he does not think to ask when he will be returning. But the truth is that his 'uncle' is a rich and powerful merchant and Yusuf has been pawned to him to pay his father's debts. Paradise is...
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  • MONARCHY AND LIBERALISM IN SPAIN
    MONARCHY AND LIBERALISM IN SPAIN
    DAVID SAN NARCISO / MARGARITA BARRAL MARTÍNEZ / CAROLINA ARMENTEROS
    Bringing together the work of top specialists and emerging scholars in the field, this volume is the first book-length study of the rapport between liberalism and the Spanish monarchy over the long nineteenth century in any language. It is at once a general overview and a set of original contributions to knowledge. The essays discuss monarchy's rapport with the pre-liberal, lib...
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  • POMPEII
    POMPEII
    ROBERT HARRIS
    Ancient Rome is the setting for the superb new novel from Robert Harris, author of the number one bestsellers Fatherland, Enigma and Archangel.Where else to enjoy the last days of summer than on the beautiful Bay of Naples. All along the coast, the Roman Empire's richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas. The world's largest navy lies peacefully at anchor in Misen...
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  • TALK ON THE WILD SIDE
    TALK ON THE WILD SIDE
    LANE GREENE
    "Language is a wild thing. It is vague and anarchic. Style, meaning, and usage are continually on the move. Throughout history, for every mutation, idiosyncrasy, and ubiquitous mistake, there have been countervailing rules, pronouncements and systems making some attempt to bring language to heel. From the utopian language-builder to the stereotypical grammatical stickler to the...
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  • GREAT IDEAS MYTH OF SISYPHUS
    GREAT IDEAS MYTH OF SISYPHUS
    ALBERT CAMUS
    Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ide...
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    9,99 €

  • THE RAVEN BOYS
    THE RAVEN BOYS
    MAGGIE STIEFVATER
    'In a young-adult market crowded with copycats, it's refreshing to find a book that blazes a path as unique as Maggie Stiefvater's The Raven Boys.' - LA Times Book Review Blue Sargent has always felt ordinary. She was born into a family of clairvoyants, but she doesn't share their gift. Her 'gift'? A warning: if she kisses her true love, they will die. But who cares; who is th...
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  • HOGFATHER
    HOGFATHER
    TERRY PRATCHETT
    'Has the energy of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the inventiveness of Alice in Wonderland' Sunday TimesThe Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . . OH, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN THE STOCKING THAT MAKES A NOISE, said Death, OTHER...
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  • FIVE GO PARENTING
    FIVE GO PARENTING
    BRUNO VINCENT
    Enid Blyton's books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five have been the perennial favourite of her fans. Now, in this new series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, George, Dick, Anne, Julian and Timmy confront possibly their toughest challenge yet: parenthood Bringing up a baby would surely be kid's play for The Five. How hard could it possibly be?! When the doorbell rings...
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  • ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
    ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
    COLLEEN MCCULLOUGH
    Passion, politics, love and death combine in a novel of the legendary love triangle between the three leaders of Rome: Cleopatra, Mark Antony and Octavian. ...
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  • THE ABSOLUTIST
    THE ABSOLUTIST
    JOHN BOYNE
    September, 1919. 20-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver some letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War but in 1917, Will laid down his guns on the battlefield, declared himself a conscientious objector and was shot as a traitor. ...
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  • THE MEMORY OF ANIMALS
    THE MEMORY OF ANIMALS
    CLAIRE FULLER
    'A stunning piece of speculative fiction' The i 'A haunting novel about love, survival and everything in between ... One to get excited about' Stylist, Best Modern Dystopia --- A debilitating new virus is sweeping across the globe. As panic sets in and flights are grounded, a group of young volunteers are sealed inside a London medical unit. They are taking part in a controlle...
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  • DARK PROPHECY
    DARK PROPHECY
    RICK RIORDAN
    The second title in Rick Riordan's Trials of Apollo series - set in the action-packed world of Percy Jackson. The god Apollo, cast down to earth and trapped in the form of a gawky teenage boy as punishment, must set off on the second of his harrowing (and hilarious) trials. He and his companions seek the ancient oracles - restoring them is the only way for Apollo to reclaim his...
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  • THIS MUCH IS TRUE
    THIS MUCH IS TRUE
    MIRIAM MARGOLYES
    'There is no one on earth quite so wonderful' STEPHEN FRY BAFTA-winning actor, voice of everything from Monkey to the Cadbury's Caramel Rabbit, creator of a myriad of unforgettable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, MIRIAM MARGOLYES, OBE, is the nation's favourite (and naughtiest) treasure. Now, at the age of 80, she has finally decided to tell her extraordina...
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  • THE JOKE
    THE JOKE
    MILAN KUNDERA
    The Joke, Milan Kundera's first novel, gained him a huge following in his own country, and launched his worldwide literary reputation. 'Kundera is the saddest, funniest and most lovable of authors.' The Times ...
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  • IN THE LIVES OF PUPPETS
    IN THE LIVES OF PUPPETS
    TJ. KLUNE / T. J. KLUNE
    A heartwarming, queer retelling of the Pinocchio story, In the Lives of Puppets is a standalone fantasy adventure from No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author TJ Klune. From New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, In the Lives of Puppets is a queer retelling of the Pinocchio tale, inviting you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a fami...
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  • CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN
    CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN
    LOUIS DE BERNIERES
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  • NO PLACE LEFT TO HIDE
    NO PLACE LEFT TO HIDE
    MEGAN LALLY
    Some secrets just won't stay hidden in this twisty new thriller from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Megan Lally! To Brooke, image is everything. She works hard to maintain perfect grades, perfect looks, a perfect life-especially after "the incident" that threatened it all. Getting into her dream university puts her that much closer to a fresh start. How can sh...
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  • SELECTED PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS
    SELECTED PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS
    THOMAS AQUINAS
    St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) saw religion as part of the natural human propensity to worship. His ability to recognize the naturalness of this phenomenon and simultaneously to go beyond it, to explore spiritual revelation, makes his work fresh and highly readable today. While drawing on a strong distinction between theology and philosophy, Aquinas interleaved them intricately ...
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  • RIGHT BESIDE YOU
    RIGHT BESIDE YOU
    TUCKER SHAW
    "Deeply moving and thoroughly engrossing." —Kirkus, starred reviewIn this fresh, speculative blend of queer romance and coming-of-age, Eddie meets Theo in present-day New York and Francis in a New York of the past... torn between eras and his heart, he must make a decision that will change his life forever.High school has just ended and Eddie is at a loss for what's next. He ha...
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    22,50 €

  • KINGS RISING
    KINGS RISING
    C. S. PACAT
    The stunning conslusion of worldwide phenomenon—from the boldly original author of Captive Prince and Prince's Gambit.His identity now revealed, Damen must face his master Prince Laurent as Damianos of Akielos, the man Laurent has sworn to kill. On the brink of a momentous battle, the future of both their countries hangs in the balance. In the south, Kastor's forces are massi...
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    19,99 €

  • LEGENDS OF THE WEST
    LEGENDS OF THE WEST
    SEAN MCLACHLAN / CHARLES RIVER CHARLES RIVER EDITORS
    *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the gang's most famous robberies written by Cole Younger *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Space may be the final frontier, but no frontier has ever captured the American imagination like the "Wild West", which still evokes images of dusty cowboys, outlaws, gunfights, gamblers...
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    5,95 €